Article Category: The Hot Air Brigade

The Hot Air Brigade

July 27, 2017

Colm Toibin The page is not a mirror. It is blank when I start to write, but it contains a version of the... Read more »

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July 13, 2017

Who knows really, but yesterday, amid all the excitement of Canadian Prime Minister (and all-round dreamboat) Justin Trudeau’s State visit to Ireland, our... Read more »

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June 29, 2017

The flat white is the coffee order du jour that places Miriam firmly in the now. She has the air and flair of... Read more »

The Hot Air Bridage

June 15, 2017

We really haven’t seen anything like Leo Varadkar in Irish politics, ever. He’s a sensation… a superstar… full of charisma… He’s got the... Read more »

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June 2, 2017

I was in the jacks at about 2.30am and two lads, who were leaning up against the urinal, started giving me a lecture... Read more »

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May 17, 2017

I had a very clear idea that I wanted to save journalism. Mark Little in an ad for RTÉ’s MojoCon or Mobile Journalism... Read more »

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April 19, 2017

This is female power. How can we have the Eighth Amendment when we have this in our culture? Look at how she’s baring... Read more »

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April 5, 2017

I’m just human. I’ll be human at best, and I’ll try to be the best human I can be, but it doesn’t mean... Read more »

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March 23, 2017

What O’Connor does is select the right people with the strongest voices, it plays to his strengths and allows him freedom of... Read more »

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March 9, 2017

And then I thought, I can’t take my girls to a country where abortion is illegal. How could you do that? It’s like... Read more »

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February 23, 2017

Everyone that’s worked in government knows that there’s such a thing as government bandwidth. Alastair Campbell interviewed on RTÉ Radio 1 Because this... Read more »

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February 9, 2017

We were those emigrants who first saw Ms Liberty appearing out of the Hudson fog and said we had realised our ambition to... Read more »

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January 25, 2017

From the real source of religion to the infinite reach of rock ‘n’ roll; from the puzzle of the human ‘I’ to the... Read more »

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January 12, 2017

“A lot of it is personal, a lot of it sadly is misogynistic as well because I am a female – the first... Read more »

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December 1, 2016

“I began a new chapter where I posited that a young man with a six-pack and an even longer appendage might distract me... Read more »

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November 3, 2016

“The Garda Commissioner would have all her Gestapo in Garda headquarters, in the Kremlin, searching my phone,” he snarls. “That’s when I get... Read more »

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October 20, 2016

“But if I had to work with , if he is the president of the US, I will absolutely work with him... Read more »

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September 21, 2016

“Far from being airy-fairy, his highly intellectual approach has allowed him to take on the biggest global issues.” Fintan O’Toole on Michael D... Read more »

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September 7, 2016

“In my case, gaining a stone pretty quickly was a huge knock to my self-esteem, as I hadn’t really struggled with my weight... Read more »

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August 10, 2016

“I absolutely love and adore children. Sometimes when I see a child, I go up to them and say ‘I’m your Minister’.” Katherine... Read more »

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July 28, 2016

“We don’t do Abba. We don’t do Robbie f*****g Williams. Brentwood, we are the Boomtown Rats. We are mega.” Bob Geldof fooling nobody... Read more »

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July 15, 2016

“Twitter changed my life. I mean, I loved Twitter before it was even invented. I used to sit around in places like Afghanistan... Read more »

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June 17, 2016

‘It always seems impossible until it’s done.’ #Mandela #RSAvIre Tweet from Sunday Business Post columnist Elaine Byrne after Ireland’s rugby win against South... Read more »

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June 1, 2016

It was when her first book, Eat Yourself Beautiful came out last year, that Rosanna felt really naked and felt that she was... Read more »

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May 18, 2016

I’m a very different person to when I started The Saturday Night Show. I’m more mature, less full of shit. Brendan O’Connor, Sunday... Read more »

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May 5, 2016

I looked at the old woman and the man opposite me and wondered when was the last time either of them had been... Read more »

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May 5, 2016

A rare painting of a sporting event by Louis le Brocquy. The fluid depiction of the entangled limbs and the highly expressive faces... Read more »

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April 21, 2016

Sitting in a sunlight-filled room in Portobello, this woman from Passage West in Co Cork looks and sounds like a very glamorous and... Read more »

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April 7, 2016

I’ve done all the F16 zero gravity stuff. I don’t believe in the rock star way to go, but if that was the... Read more »

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March 24, 2016

We’re restoring a national treasure with Shane. It’s like someone presents you with the Book of Kells and says “Here you go, this... Read more »

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March 9, 2016

She is beautiful, but not intimidating. She is impeccably groomed but wears mostly high street. She’s someone that women think they can almost... Read more »

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February 25, 2016

It’s not easy being me. Being gifted with a pretty face has been a curse at times. A burden even. Amanda Brunker, Irish... Read more »